A group of Native Americans prepares for a parade in front of a group of teepees on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. Helen Finley sits on horseback in the right midground. Another man and woman work to adjust a bridle on a horse...

A Pony Express rider prepares to mount a fresh horse at a Pony Express station on the Oregon Trail in Wyoming. One man holds the horse while another prepares to put saddle bags on the animal. The exhausted horse's reins are on the ground. The...

Dean O'Brien holds his hat and sits on his horse "Watchfob," as he prepares to receive the president's trophy, in the rodeo arena at Grand Lake (Grand County), Colorado. O'Brien wears a fringed vest, chaps with metal studs, and carries a lariat on...

A team of horses, owned by the Tallmadge and Lilly livery, prepares to depart for Boulder as part of its daily stage coach run. Many men stand on and around the coach. One man, near the front of the team, holds a gun over his shoulder. Signs on...

Two couples picnic near a stream. One man fishes at the rivers edge while the other reads a letter. One woman prepares food at a camp fire while the other woman sits near a tree with bottles and boxes of food spread on a cloth.

Shows U. S. Cavalry soldiers during the Battle of Beecher Island, Arikaree River, Colorado, 1868. An officer hands a wounded soldier a drink of water as another man sips from a pool. A third prepares to fire his rifle. The battle was waged against...

A elderly Korean woman sits near a thatched stone house and prepares greens in South Korea. She wears a linen dress and her hair is pulled back. A large basket and a pile of unidentified greens are beside her.

Men, women and children swim in the indoor pool at Lakeside Amusement Park in Lakeside (Jefferson County), Colorado. A girl prepares to go down a slide, and boys and men line up on a platform to use the diving board. Spectators lean against a fence.

A coal miner identified as Rade Tepavich prepares to confront the federal troops during the UMW labor strike against CF&I, in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. He holds a rifle, a pistol in his ammunition belt and wears a kerchief in support...

A Native American man with long hair and fringed leggings, holds an eagle above the talon and prepares to strike it with a stick. A dead rabbit is on a fallen tree beside the man. Shows steep mountain slopes and clouds in the distance.

People pose near tents, horses and a horse-drawn carriage probably in Larimer County, Colorado. Two people eat at a makeshift table while a woman prepares food on a cook stove with a stovepipe. A man sits on a boulder that has an inscription: "Fort...

A man and woman arrange logs for a fire at the City Park automobile (auto) camp for tourists in City Park, Denver, Colorado. The woman holds a pot lid and prepares to cook. Pots and pans hang from a fence post and a canvas tent is set up nearby....

Interior view of a Union Pacific galley on an unidentified passenger train. African American cooks and a waiter are in the galley. Shows sinks, stoves, a coffee urn, cups and drinking glasses. The waiter prepares a tray for a passenger.

Two ranchers hold a calf down on its side as a third man prepares to brand it with a long branding iron. A fourth man sits on top of a horse watching in the midground. Additional cows and calves stand inside the corral in the left background....

A miner, wearing denim overalls and a helmet with headlamp, prepares to start a hole in the wall of a tunnel in an unidentified mine. He is using a pneumatic drill which is supported by a double screw column.

Ed McGaa, a Native American (Oglala Sioux), holds a ceremonial whistle in his mouth and has thongs attached to his newly pierced chest as he prepares to participate in a Sun Dance ceremony. He wears a wreath around his head, body paint, bracelets,...

Two couples pose at a campsite in Colorado. A man prepares food over a campfire. Another man and two women sit or stand under an open sided canvas tent suspended by ropes attached to trees. The women hold cooking utensils.

A family with their arms full of books and each wearing a heavy coat poses at the Englewood Public Library in Englewood, Colorado. They are, left to right: Mrs. James F. Taylor, Greg Taylor, Anne Taylor, James F. Taylor, and Susan Taylor. Titles on...

Lita Grey Chaplin prepares to christen an a Ryan B-1, manufactured by the B.F. Mahoney Aircraft Corporation, at the Denver Union Airport in Denver, Colorado. A pilot stands nearby. Lettering on the side of the airplane reads: "Sunbeam Air Transport...

A worker prepares an explosive charge in the powder house near the West Portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Grand County Colorado. The man wears work overalls and a cap. He places a...

A worker prepares explosive charges for the proposed Loveland Tunnel project in either Clear Creek or Summit County, Colorado. The man stands in a shed and wears work overalls, a coat, and cap. He inserts a fuse into the prepared charge. Labels on...

An African American (Black) man prepares to refuel a woman's convertible automobile at the Sinclair filling station at 8th (Eighth) Avenue and Santa Fe in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A man sits in his automobile nearby. Signs...

Photograph of six members of the Knight Elementary School Color Guard raising a flag outside of the school in Denver, Colorado. Two groups of three students stand on each side of the flag pole. All wear helmets, two begin to raise the flag while...

A barefoot girl prepares to open the front door of the Sunshine Rescue Mission at 1822 Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado. The sign in the windows shows a sun with sunbeams that reads: "[Sunshin]e Rescue Mission" and "If [?] Love Shall Conquer...

Photograph of Reverend Paul R Ziatyk, Pastor of Transfiguration of Christ Eastern Orthodox Church, prepares the altar for the Christmas celebration and selects Scripture from the "Evangelia," the book which contains the four Gospels. He stands at...

Photograph of Reverend Paul R Ziatyk, Pastor of Transfiguration of Christ Eastern Orthodox Church, prepares the altar for the Christmas celebration and selects Scripture from the "Evangelia," the book which contains the four Gospels. He stands at...

The Silverton Brass band prepares for a performance inside of the Outlaw Bar and Steakhouse on Main Street (Third, 3rd) in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Interior decor includes a hanging wagon wheel chandelier, model ships, saddles, antlers, a...

A man prepares to start the engine of a "Speed Liner" motorboat on Sloans Lake in Denver, Colorado. Groups of people are in paddleboats; sailboats are anchored in a harbor area. A jetty extends into the water.

A man wearing a top hat prepares to mount a horse in the left midground in a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. Two cowboys sit on horses near the man. The cowboy on the left may be William Levi ("Buck")...